- Global PV Solar Demand Report (1)
- Most important quotes from Al Gore speech (1)
-
Will unified communications spell the end of IP Phones? (1)
on Nortel Buzzboard (2) permalinkWill the day ever come when your average white collar worker won’t have a phone at his (or her) desk? Earlier this week IDC put out a press release entitled “IP Telephony Holds Strong in the Face of Unified Communications (UC) Hype,” highlighting the findings of their 2007 IP Telephony report. IDC says IP-PBX and IP Phone shipments remained strong in 2007, even with the introduction of desktop unified communications solutions last year from Microsoft ...Shared by Tom_Raftery (29)Contribute comment
-
Why China's Olympian Efforts to Clean Up Beijing's Air Won't Work (13)
on Wired: Wired Science (52) permalinkChina will begin perhaps the world's most-ambitious pollution-control project this Sunday as government officials frantically try to clean the air of Beijing, one of the world' most-polluted cities. Beijing's environmental authorities have instituted a bewildering array of measures in hopes of cutting pollution ahead of the 2008 Olympics. They're instituting traffic bans, shutting down factories and unleashing cloud seeders as part of the city's $17 billion anti-pollution regimen. And yet, at least in terms of ...Shared by Alex (13) Christopher (41) g b (103) Gautam (119) Kevin (385) Lasse Rintakumpu (18) Mathieu Plourde (66) Michael S (16) Nathan Borror (10) Tamas (23) Tom_Raftery (29) Vitak (35) yellowchilli (52)
- Vitak said: Having been in China last summer, I can attest to the insanely high air pollution, and I can assure the country that no matter what they do, they cannot get rid of air pollution on that level in a month. Silly country.
Contribute comment - YouTube - The Oil Age - Turning Point for Mankind - Part 2 of 4 (1)
- EPA Experts Detail Global Warming's Health Risks (1)
- The post-oil energy economies of the future - by Gordon Brown (1)
-
Whale-Watching Report: Whales More Valuable Alive Than Dead (4)
on TreeHugger (1320) permalinkImage: ichie on flickr From origami whale campaigns to Mr. Splashy Pants, it’s pretty obvious that those big, intelligent and lovable cetaceans are massively popular. And according to a recent report focusing on the phenomenal growth of whale-watching in Latin America, watching whales (as opposed to killing them) could have a much greater economic benefit to local communities and governments worldwide. However, t...Contribute comment
-
Chrysler aims to have electric cars in three to five years (1)
on Reuters: Environment (22) permalinkDETROIT (Reuters) - Chrysler LLC is planning to launch all-electric vehicles in the next three to five years, the latest automaker to join the race to produce cars with fuel-saving technologies.Shared by Tom_Raftery (29)Contribute comment
-
More on the Electric Vehicle Theme (1)
on Phoebe's Jottings (2) permalinkTwo items today on this theme:A great article at this new blog Next Generation of Energy Ideas on electric cars and how the future is going to be hybrid electric plugins and the commenters make some good points, including the idea of utility companies owning the batteries and leasing them to car owners, and the idea of standardising on batteries to we can hot swap them.An taking the opposite view, Boone Pickens youtube video on ...Shared by Tom_Raftery (29)Contribute comment
-
Beijing Sets Record for Electricity Demand (2)
on Green Car Congress (47) permalinkXinhua. Beijing, China set a record for electricity demand at 12.03 million kW as residents switched on air conditioners in response to sweltering heat.Beijing experienced a high of 39°C (102°F) on Thursday and 35°C (95°F) on Friday. Maximum electricity demand this summer is predicted to reach 14.6 million kW, with air-conditioning use the main cause of the rising consumption. The previous record in Beijing was 11.9 million kw on 21 August 2007. The State Council, ...Shared by Amitav (39) Tom_Raftery (29)Contribute comment
-
World Bank Report: Biofuels Have Contributed Almost Half of the Increase in Global Food Prices (2)
on Green Car Congress (47) permalinkThe UK Guardian reports that a confidential World Bank report obtained by the newspaper concludes that biofuels have contributed to almost half of the global increase in food prices—a much larger contribution to the price increases than estimated by many. Of the 140% increase since 2002 in the basket of food prices examined in the study, the report estimates that biofuels have been responsible for a 75% jump, while higher energy and fertilizer prices accounted ...Shared by Amitav (39) Tom_Raftery (29)Contribute comment
- Technology Review: Garbage In, Megawatts Out (1)
- BBC NEWS | South Asia | India unveils climate change plan (1)
-
Adobe 9 [dive into mark] (36)
on dive into mark (107) permalinkUpgrade are failed! © Collin Anderson / CC Adobe Reader 9 is out. It’s now almost half as fast as Foxit Reader. Also, it lets you embed Flash in PDF and embed PDF in Flash. Adobe supports both platforms, country and western. They’ve also “conveniently” bundled Adobe AIR for no apparent reason and added synergistic integration with their cloud, which claims it doesn’t support my browser and then requires both Javascript and Flash in order ...Shared by Aashay (55) Andrew Ruess (628) charlesnadeau (392) Chung (337) Clint Ecker (405) codefin (52) Dedalus (109) dewitt (42) Dom.net (8) Elliott P. (104) ephes (105) Eugene (196) francesco (14) funkatron (83) Helvick (41) Jack Baty (21) Jody (9) John Magnus (118) Josh Bancroft (121) Karim (2) Kevin Marks (95) mac (48) Magnus (159) Matt Southworth (42) Michael Nolan (44) mithrandi (52) phillip (176) psi (40) px (59) Richard Bradshaw (71) tabo (44) tante (55) Tom_Raftery (29) tosch (96) Walter Rodrigo de Sá Cruz (232)
- Dedalus said: Adobe supports both platforms, country and western. A prize for whoever identifies the reference. :-)
- Josh Bancroft said: Reason #547 I love the Mac - no need to install Adobe Reader to view PDFs.
Contribute comment - Ban on new US solar projects lifted (1)
- Old Data Centers as Green as New | EcoGeek (1)
-
Flat-screens Worse than Coal Fired Power Stations (17)
permalinkShared 12 timesShared by Ananya Walia (1887) Batushkha (42) Benjamin (3438) dagorret.digg@gmail.com (2018) Daniel (915) Eric Daams (244) Gat (75) Gemstar38 (499) Leena (3430) Maxis4132 (105) Mike (69) Muhammad Saleem (2375) Rhodri (5) ShuTian (1946) Sportbuzz (1071) Toby (1382) Tom_Raftery (29)Contribute comment
-
The Miraculous Machine that Can Reproduce Itself (50)
on Hacker News (3465) permalinkThe inventor of the 'RepRap' machine believes that it will enable developing countries to get a foothold on the manufacturing ladder. Sean Dodson reportsShared by Adrienne Lucier (6) Ahoo Pirsoleimani (103) andré.friedrichs (909) Atul Karmarkar (16) Avi (3657) Babychen Mathew (1758) Brandon (70) Brian Wilson (39) Casper (495) cgsheldon (1238) Chandan (724) Christian (32) dagorret.digg@gmail.com (2018) Darren Barefoot (67) Darrin Snider (71) Dave Grijalva (6) Dhjiz (17) Eli (202) embee (626) Evan Sims (163) Gajolo (22) Gary Kopet (58) Jay (35) Jeff (1751) Jeff S Blechman (92) Jordan (1425) Keith B (626) Keith Bradbury (618) Kyle A Koch (29) Leena (3430) madMilo (38) Manuj Darshan (418) maxyRO (2170) McBilly Wilford Sy (310) Muhammad Saleem (2375) Narayanan Hariharan (343) neal (1199) Nick Cobb (1354) Nirav (217) Peety (484) rony john (958) Ryan Lewis (115) Sham (443) Steve Nimmons (149) Sumesh (257) Sun Tzu (2971) Tom_Raftery (29) Tyson Williams (333) Yaser Sulaiman (46) York (213)Contribute comment
-
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/indentica_federated_twitter.php (105)
on ReadWriteWeb (6557) permalinkcatepol ovviamente c'è già http://identi.ca/...Shared by ~ Cindy Stanford ~ hci (73) 88michael (20) Abby Martin (32) amarkos (59) amy (53) Andy C (110) assbach (79) atul (513) Axel Beckert (66) Barbara K. Baker (132) BarneyC (9) brokekid (400) catepol (133) Ch (197) Chris (86) Corvida (510) Cosmin (33) Dan (90) Dan York (96) dd (53) Del (102) DiMar (44) Dimitar D (65) dobata (1581) Drew Olanoff (568) Ed (5) Edo (142) ehu4ever (535) guercheLE (392) Gwyneth Llewelyn (5) hybridite (87) iAlja (273) Igor Poltavskiy (237) Ihar Mahaniok (58) J. Phil (668) Jake (99) James (293) James (61) Jay Thompson (1) jBullfrog (3) Joe (230) John (38) John (69) Jonas Bolinder (66) Jonathan C. Dietrich (17) Josh (119) Josie Fraser (19) jvn (29) Jye (48) Keef (91) Keith B (626) Keith Bradbury (618) kenmat (69) kerim (38) Kevin (2) kmohr25 (157) louisgray (702) Maksim Berjoza (126) Mal Burns (10) Marin Purgar (393) Mark Greenfield (19) Marque (104) Masayoshi Sekimura (49) Matt (22) max (92) Michael (78) Michel Bauwens (197) minoru yokoo (30) mr94 (45) muhh (31) nikan (146) oliver gassner (53) Pat (40) Paul Goggin (31) Paul Roberts (29) pepitogrilho (16) pF (15) Program Witch (133) Rami Taibah (657) Rex (839) Richard (42) Richard Cunningham (30) Rick Turoczy (127) Rob (378) Robin Blandford (6) Ruben (127) saj (29) sarahintampa (390) Scott (111) Sean (50) Steve O'Hear (9) Talk (54) Thomas Smith (258) tig (159) Tina K.J (97) tjd1 (13) Tom_Raftery (29) Ton Zijp (27) Vidoop LLC (36) Vinuth (10) xavier vespa (11) ysamjo (59) zapnap (104)Explore read four notesContribute comment
